Kate Krautkramer’s work has appeared in such publications as Fiction, National Geographic Magazine, Washington Square, Mississippi Review, Orca, The Normal School, and the New York Times (Modern Love). She’s been included in The Beacon Best, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and Best of the West anthologies and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Kate’s stories have most recently been in Iron Horse Literary Review and Santa Fe Literary Review and is forthcoming in Rubbertop Review. She lives in rural Colorado with her husband and children.